Bailey Chapter 19
Why did Abraham Lincoln win the 1860 Republican Party nomination?
Fewer enemies
Which party in the 1856 election did the following represent: John Fremont, Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan?
Fremont: Republican Millard: Know Nothing Buchanan: Democratic
In 1856, what was the breaking point over slavery in Kansas?
Gang of proslavery raiders burned a part of the free-soil of Lawrence
What did the Lecompoton Constitution propose about the state of Kansas?
Have black bondage regardless of whether the document was approved or not
What was the result of the panic of 1857? How did it affect the South?
Higher tariff rates
What was the most impractical solution by the mid-1850s in Kansas regarding slavery?
Popular sovereignty
How did Uncle Tom's Cabin impact the people and government of Britain and France?
Realized intervention in Civil War on behalf of South would not be popular
How did the people of South Carolina react to Lincoln's nomination?
Rejoiced gave them an excuse to secede
How did the south feel about the immense debt they owed northern creditors?
Repudiated by the South
What did Stephen A. Douglas argue in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln Douglas Debates?
Actions by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories
What were the Nativists in the 1850s known for?
Anti-Catholic and anti-foreign attitudes
Why did Buchanan decline to use force to keep the South in the Union?
Army was scattered and was needed to control Indians in the West, Constitution allowed secession
Why did Abrham Lincoln oppose the Crittenden Compromise?
Been elected on a platform that opposed expansion of slavery into Latin America
What did John Brown intend to do with his raid on Harper's Ferry?
Bring a slave rebellion
What did the clash between Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner reveal?
Dangerously inflamed passions were becoming
What did "Lame Duck" President Buchanan believe the Constitution said about southern states leaving the union?
Didn't authorize him to force Southern states to stay in the Union
Why did secessionist support leave the Union?
Dismayed by success of Republican party, North wouldn't oppose departure, political balance tipping against them, tired of abolitionist attacks
In "Bleeding Kansas" by the mid-1850s, which group was identified with the proslavery element, and which group was associated with the antislavery free soilers?
The Lecompoton Constitution; The New England Immigrant Aid
What did Harriet Beecher Stowe intend to show in her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Wickedness of slavery to the north
What was the central plank (position) of the Know Nothing Party in the 1856 election?
Nativism
Which group suffered most from slavery according to Hinton Helper's book, Impending Crisis of the South?
Non-slaveholding whites
Why were many northerners still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican in the 1856 election?
Not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South
What was the expectation of the Supreme Court in their ruling on the Dred Scott case?
Lay to rest issue of slavery in the territories
Where was the goverment of the Confederate States of America first organized?
Montgomery, Alabama
In 1855, how was Kansas regarded by proslavery southerners?
Slave territory
Why did the Republicans lose the 1856 election?
Southern threats that republican victory would be a declaration of war
What were the effects of the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Start Civil War and win it, made northerners swear have nothing to do with Fugitive Slave Law
